How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Colorado, currently Ahimsa Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Colorado?

Ahimsa Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Colorado, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Colorado?

$401M reached 557 animals organizations in Colorado, from 1,994 funders. 51% came from funders also based in Colorado.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Colorado · Animals

Who funds animals in Colorado

$401M reached 557 animals organizations in Colorado, from 1,994 funders, with no single one dominating.

$401M

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51%

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The short version

1,994 funders gave $401M to 557 animals organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
51% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Colorado is Ahimsa Foundation, at $47M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Karuna Foundation, at $78M.

Largest funders of animals in Colorado

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Colorado, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Ahimsa Foundation$47M 2Colorado Gives Foundation$43M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$37M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$30M 5Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$19M 6Colorado Zoological Trust$10M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$8M 8Network for Good$7M 9National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$6M 10National Philanthropic Trust$6M

Animals organizations in Colorado that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

547 other animals organizations$177M

Karuna Foundation$78M Denver Zoological Foundation$23M The Wild Animal Sanctuary$23M Morris Animal Foundation$21M Wildlife Protection Solutions$21M

How to find animals funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to animals in Colorado are Ahimsa Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
49% of animals money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Colorado, currently Ahimsa Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Colorado?: Ahimsa Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Colorado, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Colorado?: $401M reached 557 animals organizations in Colorado, from 1,994 funders. 51% came from funders also based in Colorado.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.